Stob Ban - Mamores

WHC - UHI, Fort William, Winter Walking and navigation workshop

Today Andy Spink, Jamie Bankhead and I met a group of Degree Students from WHC for the beginning of their Winter Walking workshop. We decided to make our way up the North Ridge of Stob Ban in the Mamores. The group were initially working on summer navigation techniques as we were below the snow line, but as we gained height their challenge increased as the visibility reduced and the ground got more complex to manage. Carn Dearg on the other side of Glen Nevis initially looked like Kilimanjaro with the cloud below. We got glimpses of visibility through the clouds every now and then and at one point we were treated to a brocken spectre.

Kilimanjaro 5985m? No, Carn Dearg 1020m

Ed managing the group up the North Ridge

Group management